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This book was developed from John T. Cottingham's interest in somato-therapies and his journey in experiencing various therapies covered in this book, including Rolfing® Structural Integration

This book is intended for readers who long to know more about the historical background of these methods as well as the physiological basis of their therapeutic effectiveness.

By Advanced Rolfing Practitioner, John T. Cottingham, P.T.
Published by The Dr. Ida Rolf Institute®, 1985. Soft cover book
Price $10.29 FREE TO DIRI MEMBERS

Known as “The Blue Book,” this is Dr. Rolf’s first scholarly paper published about Structural Integration. (1962).
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This book details sessions that took place over a period of one year where Lucien, a psycho-motor therapist came to Hubert Godard with the aim of experiencing Hubert's approach to breathing.

From the trancripts of these sessions, Hubert chose to create a single session and to rewrite certain passages in order to better allow the reader to imagine phenomena that occured during these sessions.

A Breath, the researcher and practitioner Hubert Godard proposes that we approach breath ‘in the live’ in order to understand the extent to which breathing is a function of our postural attitude in relation to our milieu, the environment.

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Effectively assessing clients and knowing how to treat them is the cornerstone of manual therapy. This practical and informative book gives clear and detailed information about these two steps.

The book provides step-by-step instructions (including Illustrations) for 19 assessment methods and 24 gentle treatment methods, some of which appear in print for the first time. These methods can be combined to give multiple options for treatment, as demonstrated in five practical examples which demonstrate how the practitioner can apply the methods to improve their clients' wellbeing. The author also describes his six-axis model of variance among treatment methods, which will be particularly useful for practitioners who may want to develop additional new treatment methods of their own.

Jeff Burch seeks to demystify the complex and often inconsistent terminology found in many manual therapy texts, making this a practical text for readers of all levels. It will be a useful tool for osteopaths, massage therapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, physical therapists, structural integrators, and all bodyworkers.

Going beyond good posture and movement efficiency, Mary Bond presents a unique self-help program of body transformation. Much of what we experience as physical tension or stress is the result of an imbalanced body. When our physical structure is habitually bent, twisted, and compressed, the body glues itself together with tension in order to remain upright. Bond demonstrates how the connective tissue that holds our bodies together is actually very flexible and will, with encouragement, adapt to new, healthy patterns of posture and movement.

Rolf Movement® Integration combines touch and verbal messages to help you become more responsive to your body's inner cues. The author offers a practical series of structural awareness exercises that will help you redirect your awareness to internal sensations of tension or balance. These movement explorations are written as scripts so that you can practice the movements with detailed directions. By learning to recognize and respond appropriately to your body's internal messages, you will discover a new freedom of expression in your body, leading to a marked increase in health and vitality.
 

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Mary Bond, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ trained with Dr. Ida Rolf in 1969 and has an MA in Dance from UCLA. Formerly Chair of the Movement Faculty of the Rolf Institute, she has authored three books: Balancing Your Body, The New Rules of Posture, and Your Body Mandala, as well as numerous magazine articles on bodywork and movement.

Integrating movement theory, philosophy, neuroscience, fascia research, polyvagal theory, and personal story, Mary Bond teaches you to unlock your body’s inner guidance—its somatic wisdom. She reveals how the human body organizes and expresses movement through perception, looking in depth at the role of the fascial system as the preeminent organ of the mind-body connection. She also explains the process of internal perception, or “interoception,” the body-mind’s ability to identify, access, understand, and respond appropriately to its internal signals.

Offering an experiential understanding of the structural foundation of the human body in motion and in stillness, Bond presents more than 50 self-explorations that allow you to transform your sensory experience, expand your awareness, and make embodiment—your own complex body—the focus of contemplative practice.
 

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Mary Bond, Certified Advanced Rolfer™,  trained with Dr. Ida Rolf in 1969 and has an MA in Dance from UCLA. Formerly Chair of the Movement Faculty of the Rolf Institute, she has authored three books: Balancing Your Body, The New Rules of Posture, and Your Body Mandala, as well as numerous magazine articles on bodywork and movement. She also produced a video workshop, Heal Your Posture.

 

Dr. Jeffrey Maitland served as a faculty member of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute^® since 1979 and was a prolific author and leader in the field of Rolfing^® Structural Integration. He worked as a tenured professor of philosophy at Purdue University before becoming a Rolfer^™ as well as being ordained as a Zen Monk.

Written by Jeffrey Maitland, PhD

Embodied Being is unique among books on manual therapy, offering an "infrastructure for intuition," a philosophical approach to what is essentially a practical process of diagnosis and treatment with one's hands. Grounded in the author's decades of practice as a Rolfer and Zen meditator, the book offers a first-of-its-kind three-step method for training practitioners how to see holistically, given the enormously important role perception plays in assessing clients. By exposing many of the unconscious philosophical assumptions that occlude our understanding the depths of manual therapy, Embodied Being promises to illuminate the full scope of body-mind healing, from the point of view of both the practitioner and the person receiving the work.

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In The New Rules of Posture, Mary Bond approaches postural changes from the inside out. She explains that healthy posture comes from a new sense we can learn to feel, not by training our muscles into an ideal shape.

Drawing from 35 years of helping people improve their bodies, she shows how habitual movement patterns and emotional factors lead to unhealthy posture.

She contends that posture is the physical action we take to orient ourselves in relation to situations, emotions, and people; in order to improve our posture, we need to examine both our physical postural traits and the self-expression that underlies the way we sit, stand, and move. The way we walk, she says, is our body’s signature.

Bond identifies the key anatomical features that impact alignment, particularly in light of our modern sedentary lives, and proposes six zones that help create postural changes: the pelvic floor, the breathing muscles, the abdomen, the hands, the feet, and the head. She offers self-help exercises that enable healthy function in each zone as well as information on basic ergonomics and case histories to inspire us to think about our own habitual movements. This book is a resource for Pilates, yoga, and dance instructors as well as healthcare professionals in educating people about postural self-care so they can relieve chronic pain and enjoy all life activities with greater ease.
 

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Mary Bond trained with Dr. Ida Rolf in 1969 and has an MA in Dance from UCLA. Formerly Chair of the Movement Faculty of the Rolf Institute, she has authored three books: Balancing Your Body, The New Rules of Posture, and Your Body Mandala, as well as numerous magazine articles on bodywork and movement. She also produced a video workshop, Heal Your Posture. Mary's therapeutic emphasis is on the practical sensory and movement awareness that contributes to sustainable improvements in mind and body functioning

Rolfing: Stories of Personal Empowerment captures a side of Rolfing that has mostly been ignored. The voices of 104 people whose lives have been transformed by the Rolfing®- structural integration process echo through the pages of this book.

These first person accounts, from babies to seniors in their nineties, provide a unique insight into the immediate healing powers of Rolfing, it's part in creating long -term wellness and it's place in the continuum of the body-mind connection.

This book furnishes the reader with a unique insight into the healing powers of Rolfing, providing equal parts of information and inspiration.

Briah Anson is a Certified Advanced Rolfer™ and a Certified Rolf Movement® Practitioner with over forty years of experience. She is the author of Rolfing®: Stories of Personal Empowerment (1991) and its second edition, Indie published by Heartland Personal Growth Press in 2023.

Briah completed her academic training in Classical Homeopathy at the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy in Minnesota (2019). This homeopathic training deeply informs her Rolfing work. Briah also incorporates a variety of other healing modalities including Rolfing scar tissue work, Frequencies of Brilliance energetic work, and the Erchonia® Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) into her practice. Briah has also been a mentor for new Rolfers. She is a member of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® and the International Association of Structural Integrators®.

Briah has a private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Written by an expert on alternative bodywork, this book presents techniques for manipulating the soft tissues of the back in a safe, simple manner. The method avoids the high velocity, low amplitude thrusting techniques employed by chiropractors. Instead, it utilizes the intuitive sense of somatic bodyworkers combined with the proven theory and technique of Rolfing® to provide safe and effective treatment.

Jeffrey Maitland shows how to elegantly release joint fixations in the spine, sacrum, pelvis, and ribcage by using subtle soft tissue techniques, rather than the thrusting techniques that "pop" the joints. This gentler kind of individualized Rolfing® work is thoroughly described within an explanation of biomechanics, aided by drawings and photographs which depict techniques and anatomy.
 

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Dr. Jeffrey Maitland served as a faculty member of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute^® since 1979 and was a prolific author and leader in the field of Rolfing^® Structural Integration. He worked as a tenured professor of philosophy at Purdue University before becoming a Rolfer™ as well as being ordained as a Zen Monk.

Skillful Touch is a manual therapy method predominantly composed of myofascial manipulation techniques. All of the information, skills, and techniques in the book are designed to teach effective therapeutic interventions fortified by informed, powerful, and pleasant touch. This handbook does not teach Rolfing^® Structural Integration.
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This brochure is an informative introduction to Rolfing® Structural Integration and the Rolfing Ten-Series®. A great marketing tool to provide prospective clients.
Sold in packets of 50 for $75.00

NEW LOOK
Written by Certified Advanced Rolfer™ Jason Mixter, this booklet provides an overview of Rolfing® and a detailed explanation of the Rolfing Ten-Series®.
This booklet is a great resource to provide clients with a deeper understanding of what to expect when receiving treatment.  Updated in 2023 with a new cover and photos.

Topics covered:
Ida Rolf's Discoveries
The Body's Geometry
A Visit to a Rolfer
What, Exactly, Is Rolfing?
Breakdown of Each Session in the Rolfing Ten-Series

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By Valerie Hunt, Ph.D. Reprinted from the Journal of Clinical Psychology (March 1988). 
Price $1.15

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A testimonial from writer Rasa Gustaitis about Rolfing, with a look into Dr. Rolf’s person. Reprinted from New Realities (1991). 

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By Advanced Rolfer, Siana Goodwin (1996). 

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By Lisa Connolly. Focus on Dr. Rolf’s life and accomplishments. Reprinted from Human Behavior (March 1981).

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By Angwyn St. Just. Reprinted from Alternative Versus Orthodox Approaches to Women’s Health. 

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By John Cottingham, Ph.D. and Stephen Porges, Ph.D. Reprinted from The Journal of American Physical Therapy Association (September 1988). 

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By Julian Silverman, Ph.D. Reprinted from Confinia Psychiatrica. (1973). 

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By Advanced Rolfer, Betsy Sise.

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By David Robbie, M.D. Reprinted from Orthopedic Review (November 1977). 

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By Tom Myers, Reprinted from Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (1997).

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By John T. Cottingham, P.T. and Stephen Porges, Ph.D. Reprinted from The Journal of American Physical Therapy Association (March 1988).

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By Ron Kirkby, Ph.D.

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We will send an article in the PDF version of Physical Therapy Forum from December 1988.

By Kalen Hammann, Ph.D. Reprinted from Osteopathic Physician (March 1972). 

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Receive all 3 printed issues of Structure, Function, Integration Journal from 2019

March 2019 - Focuses on the Rolfing Ten Series™ of SI
July 2019 - Provides session-by-session consideration based on phylogeny and normalizing motor patterns in the Ten Series.
November 2019 - Insights into treating vocalists, musicians, and dancers with Rolfing®.

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     Receive both issues of the 2020 Structure, Function, and Integration Journal

March 2020 - Focuses on the impact Rolfing® SI in the treatment of hands and arms.

December 2020 - How the awareness of breath is essential to Rolf® Movement work.

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Receive all 3 printed issues of Structure, Function, Integration Journal from 2021. 
      
March 2021 - Revisit to the complex territory of the head in Rolfing® sessions.
August 2021 - A look into Rolfing as a trauma-informed work.
November 2021 -The quesion of "What is Integration?"
                            
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Receive all three printed issues of the SFI Journal for 2023.
March 2023 issue theme is the Regional Study of the Pelvis.
July 2023 issue theme is Invitation to Find Ease and Vitality in Gravity
November 2023 issue theme is Structural Integration: The People, The Profession

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Receive both issues of the 2024 Structure, Function, and Integration Journal
June 2024- Space, Ground, and Gravity: Part 2
December 2024

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A reprint from the Swiss scientific journal, Confinia Psychiatrica (1973). Research-based pamphlet. 

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A paper presented by Dr. Rolf at the “Explorers of Human Kind” conference in Los Angeles, CA. (1978). Pamphlet. 

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Introductory pamphlet co-authored by Dr. Rolf and Roger Pierce, Ph.D. (1976, 2003). 

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